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If the above relation , concludes our author , should be true , as there is no reason to doubt it , we have here a proof that the existence of Pygmies is not entirely fabulous , as nothing can nearer approach the description of them .
If the above relation , concludes our author , should be true , as there is no reason to doubt it , we have here a proof that the existence of Pygmies is not entirely fabulous , as nothing can nearer approach the description of them .
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I know not if it were a true horse , or if it were a fairy ( fadus ) , as men assert . ” From the Roman de Partenay , or De Lusignan , MS . , Du Cange cites" Le chasteau fut fait d'une fée Si comme il est partout retrait .
I know not if it were a true horse , or if it were a fairy ( fadus ) , as men assert . ” From the Roman de Partenay , or De Lusignan , MS . , Du Cange cites" Le chasteau fut fait d'une fée Si comme il est partout retrait .
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... his Pluto and Proserpina were the true progenitors of Oberon and Titania . " In the progress of “ The Wif of Bathes Tale , ” it happed the knight “ In his way ... to ride In all his care , under a forest side , Whereas he saw upon a ...
... his Pluto and Proserpina were the true progenitors of Oberon and Titania . " In the progress of “ The Wif of Bathes Tale , ” it happed the knight “ In his way ... to ride In all his care , under a forest side , Whereas he saw upon a ...
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... as is by no means true ) , though he was hardy enough to contradict , he was unable to explain , and did not , in reality , understand , contenting himself with an extract altogether foreign to the purpose , at second - hand .
... as is by no means true ) , though he was hardy enough to contradict , he was unable to explain , and did not , in reality , understand , contenting himself with an extract altogether foreign to the purpose , at second - hand .
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47 ) that “ ( Either auncient folke believ'd a lie , Or this is true ) A FAYRIE CANNOT DIE ; " and again ( b . xliii . s . 92 )“ I AM A FAYRIE , and , to make you know , To be a fayrie what it doth import , WE CANNOT DYE , how old so ...
47 ) that “ ( Either auncient folke believ'd a lie , Or this is true ) A FAYRIE CANNOT DIE ; " and again ( b . xliii . s . 92 )“ I AM A FAYRIE , and , to make you know , To be a fayrie what it doth import , WE CANNOT DYE , how old so ...
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Contents
| 1 | |
Section 2 | 82 |
Section 3 | 101 |
Section 4 | 123 |
Section 5 | 173 |
Section 6 | 220 |
Section 7 | 223 |
Section 8 | 271 |
Section 13 | 310 |
Section 14 | 312 |
Section 15 | 315 |
Section 16 | 321 |
Section 17 | 323 |
Section 18 | 337 |
Section 19 | 338 |
Section 20 | 343 |
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Page 23 - O, then, I see, Queen Mab hath been with you. She is the fairies' midwife; and she comes In shape no bigger than an agate-stone On the forefinger of an alderman, Drawn with a team of little atomies Athwart men's noses as they lie asleep : Her wagon-spokes made of long spinners...
Page 31 - Indian mount; or faery elves, Whose midnight revels, by a forest side Or fountain, some belated peasant sees, Or dreams he sees, while overhead the Moon Sits arbitress, and nearer to the Earth Wheels her pale course; they, on their mirth and dance Intent, with jocund music charm his ear; At once with joy and fear his heart rebounds.
Page 40 - Lead then, said Eve. He leading swiftly roll'd In tangles, and made intricate seem straight. To mischief swift. Hope elevates, and joy Brightens his crest. As when a wandering fire, Compact of unctuous vapour, which the night Condenses, and the cold environs round, Kindled through agitation to a flame, Which oft, they say, some evil spirit attends, Hovering and blazing with delusive light, Misleads the amazed night-wanderer from his way To bogs and mires, and oft through pond or pool, There swallow'd...
Page 17 - When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn, That ten day-labourers could not end ; Then lies him down the lubber fiend, And, stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength ; And, crop-full, out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.
Page 30 - How sleep the Brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there!
Page 16 - I saw them under a green mantling vine That crawls along the side of yon small hill, Plucking ripe clusters from the tender shoots. Their port was more than human, as they stood ; I took it for a fairy vision Of some gay creatures of the element, That in the colours of the rainbow live, And play i
Page 246 - At which the fairy started. When soon away the wasp doth go, Poor wretch was never frighted so, He thought his wings were much too slow, O'erjoy'd they were so parted.
Page 23 - Her waggon-spokes made of long spinners' legs ; The cover, of the wings of grasshoppers ; The traces, of the smallest spider's web ; The collars, of the moonshine's wat'ry beams : Her whip, of cricket's bone ; the lash, of film : Her waggoner, a small grey-coated gnat, Not half so big as a round little worm Prick'd from the lazy finger of a maid : Her chariot is an empty hazel-nut, Made by the joiner squirrel, or old grub, Time out of mind the fairies
Page 30 - Ye elves of hills, brooks, standing lakes and groves, And ye that on the sands with printless foot Do chase the ebbing Neptune, and do fly him 35 When he comes back...
Bibliographic information
| Title | Fairy Tales, legends and romances illustrating Shakespeare and other early English writers Volume 180 of Anglistica & Americana: a series of reprints |
| Contributor | William Carew Hazlitt |
| Publisher | Georg Olms Verlag |
| ISBN | 3487409534, 9783487409535 |
| Length | 426 pages |
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